THE LEAGUE GAME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2217, 1 August 1914, Page 12

THE LEAGUE GAME

"t " r "TBr "I'LEETFOOr."I . Onde More in Action. ~i..-T,hft. .League ' world will onoe again < move_into,_action to-day after some three week's? holiday-making. , Suburbs' "position'of .first-place on the chanipion'eliip i "la'dder,' seems one that- will require some' : However, tho third round begins to-day,"• arid taking into consideration the vast improvement in all-round play of' the other teams, tho end of- this round may have a story to tell. The following is- the'position of the'teams:— \ . ' . ' i -". ■■£ . Ti< i - ■■Ui'M'iS Suburbs .6 ti 0 0 116 50 12 Newtown ... 6 3. 0 3 72 52 6 Petone ...„. 6 2 o'4 58 73 4 Athletic A ....- 6 1-0. 5. 40 109' 2 Southern Criticism. Tho Christchurch "News" has the following on. last Saturday's representative encounter in the southern city :— "There ■ cannot be much ground for argument as to whether or not Wellington deserved its win over the Canterbury, representatives on Saturday. Canterbury, was unlucky, perhaps, not to' have scored another try in the second spell, and had tho team left, the field with Bix instead of three points to its credit the scores would have given a more accurate indication of the merits of the opposing sides, The game was a great deal better than the morning's rain' had .permitted one to hope for. The ground had suffered scarcely* at all, and the result, was a good, fast tussle, full of that bright incdinet which is the League game's chief claim to popular notice."- • :-.■'■

Tributes to Bradley and Wilson. * The .be_st nian on the Wellington side, and the post useful player on the pad-; dock, was Bradley,-the.'Wellington cen-', tre\ three-quarter (says the "News"). '--Bradley' is .one. of those consistently brilliant players whom it is good to watch." Supported by the indefatigable and tabtful-Wilson, on the wing, Brad"ley was .'aVsource of serious trouble .right .through 1 the game. Hβ and Wilson ',were "directly ■ responsible for the first two tries, and in both cases the score -nvas, the result of.'clever work. ....Wilson , .is always galloping when he takes a pass—he. seems to be able to <get -going in. ; a- couple, of strides—and ' this, combined with his cunning run and adroit"dodging, -makes him very 'effective. Strickland, the • Wellington .full-back,-.is.a very-safe and reliable '.nian,' possessed' of plenty of pace, and: able to think a Way out of a difficult i. quickly. The Canterbury backs "we're" uniformly good, Boon, Smythe, and Mitchell being always prominent.